Another week, and FIFA takes the top of the UK weekly sales chart.
The world is baffled.
Here are the top 10 best-selling video games in the United Kingdom, with FIFA 14, shockingly, taking the first spot:
01. FIFA 14 (EA)
02...

Thankfully, according to certain cultures and ancient religions, this means that the world will not come to an end after all, because Brits are back to worshipping football as it was decreed by the laws and nature and the almighty God named Frank. In the past few weeks, CoD: Ghosts and Lego Marvel Super Heroes were outselling FIFA, but now everything has returned to normal, well in Britain anyway...

Similarly to last week, football-obssessed gamers of the United Kingdom have clearly, well, united and are buying the new FIFA game (FIFA 14) more than any other game; even more than Rockstar's recently released smash-hit, Grand Theft Auto 5, which achieved record earnings in the brief period it's been on the market...

Simple as that. Remarkably, Grand Theft Auto 5 is one of the fastest selling titles in recent history, shattering the $1 billion mark after a mere three days on sale. The game also topped sales charts in Britain last week, but was quickly overtaken when EA launched FIFA 14...

Electronic Arts announced preliminary financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013. "EA had a solid quarter driven by continued digital growth and disciplined cost management," said Executive Chairman Larry Probst. "We are also executing on a clear set of goals for leadership on mobile, PC, current and next generation consoles...

Electronic Arts announced that FIFA Soccer 13 sold over 4.5 million copies
worldwide (on all platforms) in five days. They're calling it the "biggest
videogame launch of 2012 and biggest sports videogame launch of all-time."
The game launched on September 25 and was "driven by high game quality
and record sales in key regions, led by more than 1...

Last week Kinect Star Wars has dominated sales in the United Kingdom. However,
this week things are returning back to normal, which means the chart is mostly
flooded with FIFA titles. Oh Kinect SW is still doing okay, just so you know.
At any rate...

Capcom's Resident Evil: ORC and BioWare's Mass Effect 3, both of which hit
the market recently, couldn't outsell FIFA Street in the United Kingdom, for
obvious reasons (I don't have time to get into it, but suffice it to say it
all has to with socks)...

It appears that Electronic Arts has confirmed recent rumors regarding layoffs
at the company's Vancouver studio, which has worked on popular franchises such
as FIFA and Need for Speed series.
Here's what EA had to say in an
official statement:
"EA in Vancouver is transforming...

UK charts have been pretty much same
old, same old for a while now. EA Sports' FIFA 12 has been the best-selling
video game throughout that particular region. Other extremely popular game franchises,
such as Call of Duty and Just Dance, were not able to top sales due to the immense
popularity of FIFA...

"FIFA 12 has been remarkable. Five million consumers purchased this latest
iteration so far, the best reviewed sports game of this current console generation,"
confirmed EA COO Peter Moore.
"FIFA 12 is doing unprecedented levels of online engagement," he continued...

EA reveals new screenshots from its soccer sim game, FIFA Soccer 11. Among
other things, FIFA Soccer 11, "introduces new Pro Passing where pass accuracy
is determined by a gamer's ability on the control pad, and player skill, situation
and urgency on the pitch, yielding a deeply rewarding passing system...